The original Tomb Raider movie was a faithful if forgettable retelling of Crystal Dynamics’ franchise reboot, and it seems it was successful enough to spawn a sequel. Alicia Vikander will reprise her role as the PSone icon in a brand new big screen adventure scheduled to start filming in April 2020 ahead of a 21st March, 2021 release date.

According to Geek Vibes Nation, shooting will take place in England, Finland, and Beijing, with Ben Wheatley taking the directorial reins from the wonderfully named Roar Uthuag. The plot will apparently be based on both Rise of the Tomb RaiderandShadow of the Tomb Raider, with the script incorporating more supernatural elements than its predecessor.

More news on casting will be announced in earnest, so watch this space. In the meantime, let us know if you were a fan of the previous Tomb Raider movie in the comments section below.

The Vikander version was a halfway decent movie but a terrible Tomb Raider movie. The Angelina films made no bones about including mystical and magical elements that needed little to no explanation just like the vast majority of the Tomb Raider franchise. The Vikander film sidestepped this entirely with its inclusion of a random unnecessary plot point that suddenly made the whole mystery about "science" or whatever. Completely destroyed one of the main conceits of Tomb Raider and certainly did the 2013 game no justice. Took Tomb Raider and turned it into a bland uninteresting action movie.

My wife and I enjoyed the first one. Nothing spectacular but an enjoyable afternoon popcorn movie.

I do distinctly remember after it ending looking forward to the next one.

Spoilers - she got the guns from that guy, setting up her support network, and the big bad corporate entity with world dominating ambition. Which may have had something to do w/ the occult or Illuminati or something. Ok, a little fuzzy on the details but I definitely remember wanting a sequel. I'm in.

Love Tomb Raider, but this film was so boring I couldn't finish it. She's OK, Angelina had more screen presence and bought Lara to life. Vikander was a little bland, but that's probably not all her fault.